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Squier CV P Bass.

PDK

PDK

Nov 14, 2008
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Cleveland TN
#1
For those of you that have the Squier CV P bass what do you think of it compared to other P basses. I have searched this and found a few comparisons but I wanted a more current annalysis. The P bass is not my main bass of choice for everything but I feel I need it in my arsenal for certain sounds I only feel it will do. I love the 62 Fender RI but I can't quite grasp spending that much on it since it's not a primary instrument.
 
#2
When I bought my CV P I walked into the store with all intentions on buying a 62 RI, but after trying the Squier I couldn't justify spending that much money on a bass that was not that much better than the CV. IMHO the feel was better on the Squier, though the 62RI did sound better.
 
#4
Floridabwoy said:
They had one of the fiesta red's at my local GC this weekend. it was meh next to the 80's Roadstar they had in there. The roadstar needed a side of potato's it had so much beef....

yeah yeah I know.
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Those roadstars are built like a tank and weigh about as much as one:hmm: I had a CV for a short time and I could get a decent vintage tone out of it although it had the stock roundwounds on it. I know with a set of chromes i would of got my tone ......creamy but punchy out of it. I had to return it to fund a one chance bass but i liked it allot.
 
#6
I have pretty much a 62 reissue, all 62 parts and neck but warmoth body and i have a CV, my CV is not stock it has quarter pounders in it. I was really into the CV at first but now i never play it. The bass is not bad but its not as good as my 62, would i buy another CV if this one where lost? probably not because i never use mine anymore, but they are well worth the price.
 
#7
Thanks for everyone's input. If I get one it will be the fiesta red model. I would probably swap the pu out for Fenders 60's. I primarily want it for old R&B sounds. I'm mainly a Jazz bass guy but for some things it's nice to have a P.
 
#8
Well my one P bass i put the CV up against is a modded MIM with 62 RI and the MIM was warmer ,vintagy sounding. Again, the CV bass had rounds on it so it was harder to tell but i feel a warm 60's tone is there.
 
#13
TMBTC said:
When I bought my CV P I walked into the store with all intentions on buying a 62 RI, but after trying the Squier I couldn't justify spending that much money on a bass that was not that much better than the CV. IMHO the feel was better on the Squier, though the 62RI did sound better.
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This was my experience as well. Except I was going to buy an MIA Standard P. Liked everything about the CV better.
 
#14
I went into GC today for a speaker cable. Left putting a down payment on a CV P. My how it sounded! Soon I will have something to take to the buckets-of-blood I frequently play.

Used too, and I got a super awesome deal because it had been on the rack for more than 3 months. I haven't bought a bass at a guitar store since 1997.

No pics yet, but here it is on the wall...

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I will have two--this CV, and a VM P that was professionally defretted, all for under 300 TOTAL. Geeking.
 

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